I thought you might like to see some photos of Roberto's first freight car-a two bay hopper with horizontal ribs. He and I first became friends in the late 70's. We talked for hours over many years. He was an amazing talent, and everything was done on a couple of card t ables in his basement. He had hundreds of castings made for his cars. Many are double wall construction. I cannot imagine how many hand punched rivets he must have put into the hundreds of cars he crafted. The closest artist to him is Joseph Fischer who as we all know made magnificent passenger cars during the same era with the same type of equipment- a card table or two and a few old light bulbs along with an immense talent and love for the craft. Best wishes to you all for the New Year, Larry
